Why we need your information
The data on this form is being gathered for the purpose of administering the Homes for Ukraine scheme in Hertfordshire, specifically to record your agreement to the terms & conditions and the processing of ‘thank you’ payments under the scheme.
As a local authority, Hertfordshire County Council has a responsibility to manage the Homes for Ukraine scheme, along with the 10 district and borough councils in Hertfordshire. The information you have provided will be used to allow us to fulfil this duty / responsibility.
What we will do with your information
The information you give us will be held by the Resources department of Hertfordshire County Council and passed to the relevant district or borough council in Hertfordshire to undertake Council Tax liability checks to help support and administer the scheme ‘thank you’ payments and to hold the record of your agreement to the terms and conditions.
We may also share information with the police or other agencies if it is necessary for the following purposes:
- the prevention or detection of crime
- the apprehension or prosecution of offenders
- the assessment or collection of any tax or duty or any imposition of a similar nature.
How long we will keep your information
Hertfordshire County Council will hold this information for up to 12 months, at which point it will be deleted.
What are your rights?
Hertfordshire County Council will be the Data Controller for this information.
You have a number of rights over the data we collect and hold about you.
- You have the right to be informed about what information we hold about you and how we use it.
- You have the right to request copies of any information the Council holds about you by making a subject access request.
- If information we hold about you is factually inaccurate you have the right to have it corrected.
- You have the right to object to the way we are using your data.
- You have the right to request that your data is deleted. However we may be unable to delete your data if there is a need for us to keep it. In this case you will receive an explanation of why we need to keep the data.
- You can also request that we stop using your data while we consider a request to have it corrected or deleted. There may be some circumstances in which we are unable to do this however we will provide an explanation if this is the case.
- In certain circumstances you may also request data we hold about you in a format that allows it to be transferred to another organisation.
- In the event that decisions are taken using automated processes you have the right to request that these decisions are reviewed by a member of staff and to challenge these decisions.
If you would like to request copies of your data, request that your data is deleted or have any other queries in relation to data which the Council holds about you please contact the Data Protection Team.
Data Protection Team
Hertfordshire County Council
County Hall
Pegs Lane
Hertford
SG13 8DQ
01992 588099
data.protection@hertfordshire.co.uk
You can also contact our Data Protection Officer at dataprotection.officer@hertfordshire.gov.uk or in writing to the address above.
If you are unhappy with the way that Hertfordshire County Council has used your data or with the way we have responded to a request you also have the right to contact the Information Commissioner’s Office www.ico.org.uk.